High School Cyclones to Start Practice Under New Coach
Ottawa High School Cyclones will begin football practice September 1 at 9 a.m. under new head coach Harold Wallace who moved up after John Giger’s resignation. About 100 boys are expected, with three teams planned: varsity, B team, and freshman-sophomore.
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TCU And SMU Top Teams In The Southwest
Dallas AP report says coaches judge strength by lettermen as Texas Christian and Southern Methodist lead the Southwest Conference with 20 each. TCU fields Marvin Lasater and Hunter Enis in a balanced attack, while SMU counts Don Meredith and Dave Sherer among 20 veterans. Rice, Texas, and A&M face rebuilding and coaching changes as the league gears up for the 1958 season.
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Dodgers Beat Braves 2 1 For Third Straight
Dodgers win their third in a row over the Braves 2-1 as Joe Pigntano homers in the fifth and Norm Larker adds a triple. Warren Spahn allows four hits, while Milwaukee's lead in the NL drops to 5 4 games with two games left in L.A. before a five game set with San Francisco.
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Akins defeats Smith in 10th round KO
Virgil Akins won a 10th round technical knockout over Charlie Smith after a brutal bout in Chicago. Smith opened cuts, but Akins dominated with 16 straight rights and lefts, forcing referee Frank Sikora to stop the fight at 1:18 of the 10th.
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Halas predicts a 20 percent improvement for Bears in tough league
Chicago Bears owner coach George Halas says his team will be 20 percent better than last season and that the Western Division race will be a toss up with Detroit still the champs. He cites Green Bay, the Rams, and Baltimore as strong contenders and praises newcomers Merrill Douglas Abe Gibron and Willie Lee after a 24 7 exhibition win over the Cardinals.
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Lopez Out To Catch Yankees
New York AP The Chicago White Sox have won seven in a row as manager Al Lopez returns to steady leadership in a three game series versus the AL leaders at Yankee Stadium He insists the Sox can still catch the Yankees despite a 10 percent gap and previous mid July setback in New York
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